Major Richard B. Barry

Abt 1788 - 1869  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Richard B. Barry  [1]
  Prefix	Major
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1787	Virginia   [2]
  Born	Abt 1788	Virginia   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	7 Feb 1788	Georgia   [1]
  Alt. Birth	7 Feb 1788  [4]
  Name	Richard Barry  [2, 3, 4]
  Occupation	4 Dec 1850	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi   [3]
  	planter
  Occupation	16 Aug 1860	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi   [2]
  	planter
  Will	27 Mar 1869	Lowndes County, Mississippi   [4, 5]
  	on page 266 of Will Book 1
  	"... names his deceased son, William S. Barry and his deceased daughter, Amanda C. Matthews, and states that he had advanced to them their portion of his estate. He bequeathed to his five living daughters approximately $40,000 in cash and several thousand acres of land. The daughters named were Martha V. Albert, Mary E. Frierson, Eliza R. Ricks, Juliette B. Bradford and Maria F. Barry, spinster." According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2013 the relative value of $40,000 from 1869 was: $705,000.00 - using the Consumer Price Index $635,000.00 - using the GDP deflator $4,880,000.00 - using the unskilled wage $9,880,000.00 - using the Production Worker Compensation $10,400,000.00 - using the nominal GDP per capita $84,700,000.00 - using the relative share of GDP
  Died	13 Nov 1869  [1, 4]
  Buried	Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi   [1]
  		Barry → Richard & Mary S.
  Person ID	I81417	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary Sullivan,   b. 4 May 1795, Georgia ,   d. 10 Jun 1863  (Age 68 years)
  Census	4 Dec 1850	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi   [3]
  	Ward 1
  	Image 3, line 34, dwelling 22, family 22: The household consisted of Richard Barry, 62, m; Mary, 53, f; Juliett, 22, f; Mary, 20, f; Martha, 16, f; Maria, 14, f; and Frances Ricks, 10, f. Richard is a planter and declared real estate of $30,000. According to MeasuringWoth.com, in 2013 the relative value of $30,000 from 1850 was: $923,000.00 - using the Consumer Price Index $665,000.00 - using the GDP deflator $6,480,000.00 - using the unskilled wage $13,700,000.00 - using the Production Worker Compensation $14,300,000.00 - using the nominal GDP per capita $195,000,000.00 - using the relative share of GDP Richard owned 9 slaves, 4 of whom were between 20 and 50 years of age.
  		Census of 1850 - Mississippi, Lowndes County Columbus, Ward 1, image 3
  Census	16 Aug 1860	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi   [2]
  	Page 167, line 31, dwelling 1200, family 1216: The household consisted of Richard Barry, 73, m; Mary, 65, f; Hannah, 24, f; and Pattie, 22, f. Richard is a planter and declared $60,000 real estate and $80,000 personal estate. According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2013 the relative value of $140,000 from 1860 was: $4,050,000.00 - using the Consumer Price Index $3,020,000.00 - using the GDP deflator $25,000,000.00 - using the unskilled wage $50,800,000.00 - using the Production Worker Compensation $53,300,000.00 - using the nominal GDP per capita $535,000,000.00 - using the relative share of GDP
  		Census of 1860 - Mississippi, Lowndes County Columbus, page 167
  Children	+ 1. William Sullivan Barry,   b. 12 Dec 1821, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi ,   d. 29 Jan 1868, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi  (Age 46 years) + 2. Amanda C. Barry,   b. 22 Aug 1824,   d. 21 Oct 1856  (Age 32 years)   3. Juliette N. Barry,   b. Abt 1828, Mississippi ,   d. 27 Sep 1891  (Age ~ 63 years)   4. Mary E. Barry,   b. Abt 1830, Mississippi ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Martha V. Barry,   b. Abt 1834, Mississippi ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Maria F. Barry,   b. Abt 1836, Mississippi ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Pattie Barry,   b. Abt 1838, Mississippi ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. R. T. Barry,   b. Abt 1839, Mississippi ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F29492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S531] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com/), Memorial: 13093945, "Maj Richard B. Barry" (Reliability: 3). [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1860, Mississippi, Lowndes County, Columbus, page 167 (Reliability: 4). Series: M653 Roll: 586 Page: 773 [S171] Census, U. S. Federal Government, (HeritageQuest), 1850, Mississippi, Lowndes County, Columbus 1st Ward, Image 3 (Reliability: 4). Series: M432 Roll: 376 Page: 113 [S508] Shelby Family, Howard S. Galloway, (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages), page 188 (Reliability: 4). [S508] Shelby Family, Howard S. Galloway, (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages), page 189 (Reliability: 3).